Depelchin Gold Medal

October 16: Drukdra Dorji Penjore, a class 10 Bhutanese student studying in St. Joseph’s School, North Point, Darjeeling, has been awarded the Depelchin Gold Medal. He was awarded the medal today. The Depelchin Gold Medal is the school’s highest and most prestigious award. Instituted in 1901, the medal is given annually to a student for all round excellence in sports, academics, character, and leadership. So far only five Bhutanese students have won this award. The last time a Bhutanese student... Read more

Biking Across Bhutan

11 June – 26 June This is one of the rarest and most unique local festivals in Bumthang. This three days festival offers the experience of the Buddhist tradition in a setting of unique architecture, and breathtaking Himalayan landscape. The friendly Bhutanese people share with you their traditional lifestyle untouched by outside influence. A trip gives you unique opportunity to experience Himalayan Buddhist culture. 11th June: Arrival/Paro flying into the country’s only airport, in the beautiful... Read more

AFC U-16 championship 2010

October 15: Bhutan’s under-16 national team has conceded 12 goals in two matches and is languishing at the bottom of group C at the ongoing AFC U-16 championship 2010 qualifying competition. In the group C opening match against Syria, the national U-16 team was thrashed 10-0. The Syrians took control of proceedings and played almost the entire game in the Bhutanese half. Jihad Asia and Hussam Omr each scored a hat trick for Syria, while there was one goal each for Adnan Taki, Walat Hamadi, Shareef... Read more

A success, say one and all

October 15: “I hope I’m not alone in believing that it has been a successful one,” said Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley at the closing of the three-day democracy conference in Paro yesterday. He was not. International participants, who spoke to Kuensel at the end of the conference, said the event had succeeded. “It struck a chord,” said a panelist participant of the conference, Chulani Kodikara, especially with her country just emerging after a 30-year civil war. Kodikara, a researcher... Read more

First railway station

October 15: The much-awaited Nehru Golden Jubilee railway will not enter through the Phuentsholing main town and will not have its station in the town as planned, according to officials. Phuentsholing thrompon Kinzang Norbu said that the new location of the railway station has been finalised to be at Toribari near the Pasakha industrial estate. “The location is feasible to have dry ports since it has vacant and flat land,” said the thrompon. The location was confirmed after the visit of the... Read more

Thailand contributes to quake relief efforts

October 14: The government of Thailand contributed USD 30,000 (about Nu 14.1 million) to Bhutan in aid of the effort to rehabilitate damages wreaked by the recent earthquake in eastern Bhutan. The advisor to the minister of foreign affairs of Thailand, Ms Chompoonute Nakornthap, handed over the cheque on behalf of the royal Thai government to Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley on October 12 in Paro. Ms Chompoonute Nakornthap is participating in the ongoing ‘Conference on Deepening and Sustaining Democracy... Read more

HM grants audience to Dungse Rinpoche

October 12: His Majesty the King granted an audience to His Holiness Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche at the Lingkana palace today. He arrived in the Kingdom on a month long visit last Tuesday. Yesterday, Dungse Rinpoche performed Threma Tshokhor at the Thimphu Memorial Chorten. Rinpoche is also scheduled to recite Baza Guru at the Police ground. Dungse Rinpoche is visiting Bhutan on the invitation of the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley. He will offer Bazaguru Lung in Thimphu and Rangjung.... Read more

Bomb blast in Sarpang

October 12: Two Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) soldiers were injured after an improvised explosive device planted in a bunker in Gaden village, Umling, Sarpang, exploded around 6:40 am today. The bunker is manned only during the day from the RBA outpost at Umling said a RBA spokesperson. He said the explosive device could have been planted at night. Villagers saw some men running towards the border after the explosion. The militants took away two rifles carried by the soldiers according to the RBA spokesperson. “The... Read more

3-day democracy conference

October 12: Guru Pema Jungney, who founded the tiger’s nest in the mid eighth century, was a pan Himalayan figure with a divine mission towards opening, educating and freeing humanity in the broadest ethical sense. For the next three days, in the foreground of the tiger’s nest in Paro, internationally acclaimed scholars, cabinet ministers and members of parliament from the SAARC and BIMSTEC region and representatives of civil society, media and UN development partners will share lessons and experiences... Read more

The new economics of the environment

October 12: In the not too distant future, Bhutan could get rewards in the form of funds from international environment organisations for protecting its forests and water. Inside Bhutan, that idea is being stoked around and officials are already warming up to the practicality of collecting funds from end users of environment resources like hydropower projects. The ultimate plan is to plough back the funds into the source of these resources, like watershed and bio-diversity, so that they become sustainable... Read more

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